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I honestly didn't find economics to have that much memorisation, honestly most memorization should just be stats and stuff. Everything else you should know anyways by having a deep understanding of the course, and if ur just memorizing everything, that's not a good sign
I think if you continue reading my further posts in this thread where I explain the nuanced difficulty of eco, you'd understand my perspective a little more. Just so you know I do agree that memorising isn't the greatest studying method, but eco is one of those subjects where the more you do it, you eventually end up just memorising it anyway.
 

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I know this is a pretty pointless post, but I was curious about what are the hardest HSC subjects (excluding languages). It will be cool to gain different perspective on this matter. Anyways this is my top 10 based off mine and some of my mates opinions:
1. Maths Ext 2
2. Physics
3. Chemistry
4. Maths Ext 1
5. Economics
6. Biology
7. Engineering
8. Modern
9. Eng Adv/Std
10. SDD
hsc physics is way easier to understand than shitty chemistry. Also shitty english and biology is harder than extension 2 math for sure (according to band 6 rates, 40% get an e4 in extension 2 compared to 7% band 6 in bio). Also you literally need a 90 hsc mark in bio and english to get a good atar contribution too, meanwhile u can get a 70 hsc mark in extension 2 (less than 50% raw mark) and that is worth more than a 90 hsc mark in a shit subject like english or bio (rightfully so)
 
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based on PERSONAL experience:
i think if we are talking about how easy it is to DO WELL in a subject, i would say that chem, bio, histories are easy. the actual process of memorising, learning, and understanding is hard and time-consuming, but for actually practicing and performing, it is very easy to do well.

i would say the hardest subject to do well is english. it is just so subjective - i remember i gave my mod A essay to my english teacher who said it was perfect and literally gave me no feedback, then a different teacher actually marked it much lower than what she said. it's hard to ENSURE that you will do well.

i don't think we can rank maths in terms of how difficult it is - it is solely practice. its ease is only dependent on how much practice you do and how many types of questions you are exposed to.
 

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Ok since someone dug this up:

The reason why this is controversial is because every person finds different things hard. English is so different from maths, which is so different to something like bio, which is again a world apart from languages. Here's my take on my own subjects - I can really speak for the others.

Personally, as someone who does languages, I believe that basically all the languages (continuers+, not beginners) are pretty much harder than anything else unless you have some kind of background in them. Learning to understand, speak, read and write an entirely new language well would be absolutely gruelling (I'm fortunate to have some prior knowledge of my language, but I could not imagine doing it otherwise).

I do both bio and eco, and even though they're both super content-heavy, they're very different. Neither content is that hard to learn, but imo eco is typically more intuitive while bio is more compartmentalised (easier to classify/sort). The most annoying part about eco content is stat/policy memorisation. Eco MCQs are nothing compared to essays and the amount of prep that has to go into them (feeling that rn...). Bio papers are much more approachable as they're just MCQs and SAQs, but the hardest part is understanding and hitting all the marking criteria. You can know all the content from head to toe but score terrible marks if you don't write what the markers want to see, e.g. if you miss definitions, key words, incorporation of stimulus material/stats, etc., or if your scientific skills aren't up to par.

ENGLISH ON TOP - unless you're a very specific breed of student, English is always a challenge, albeit maybe a bit more mundane than languages because you can just memorise essays and practise adapting them.

I also agree that maths can be put lower. Maths adv is a breeze if you do enough homework and grind enough past papers. Maths ext 1 should still be high imo, but it's also about the practice.
 

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1. cafs
2. pdh
3. sor
4. aboriginal studies
5. sac
6. french beginners
7. music 1
8. maths standard 1
9. food tech
10. drama

the rest are lightwork imo
 

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